Charles Sumner: “Let them be heard; but the hearing must be according to some system…”

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Let them be heard; but the hearing must be according to some system, so that Congress shall know the character and extent of these claims.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the need for a systematic approach to hearing claims so Congress can understand them.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “Let them be heard; but the hearing must be according to some system, so that Congress shall know the character and…”